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Rainbow Moon for PS4 launches February 16
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toythatkills
Member
Presumably they haven't fixed the "please buy our microtransactions" led difficulty level?
Nachtfalke
Member
What's up with that? I was about buying it to get some decent S-JRPG until Stella Glow shows up.
I hope they haven’t.
At its highest difficulty, the game is challenging and grindy, but you don’t need to purchase the DLC to play the higher difficulty.
I played deep into the post-game on its hardest difficulty just fine without purchasing any microtransactions.
What do you mean in regards to your question? What is it?
binarymelon
Member
1 of April or May's PS+ titles.
PuppetSlave
Member
I put quite a few hours(20 smoething into the ps3 version and liked what I played. never spent any money on dlc.
breakfuss
Member
They already gave away the Vita/PS3 version so no. Plus you get a discount if you already own them.
Okay, I wasn't the only one that thought the game was brutal.
Platinumed it. Didn't buy a thing. Took 100 hours but still wasn't really hard with bit of old school grinding.
Same, I enjoyed the first few hours I played but I definitely reached a point where I felt I wouldn't be able to progress without spending real money. Gave it up then.
Exactly.
I am very close to platinuming it, and it took me longer, but then I've always been slower than just about anyone at playing games.
This is actually one of the things I loved about the game, how challenging it was. I hope Rainbow Skies has a level of difficulty that will give us this, as well.
I guess it’s just different peoples play styles and what they are used to in regards to challenge.
There were times I was stuck at a boss and felt I couldn’t progress, but then went out and grinded a bit. Raised a few levels, saved some more money and bought better gear and then went back. I never felt I had to spend real money on DLC to overcome any hurdles.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
All I'll say is, buy it. It's got an addictive quality similar to Disgaea.
binarymelon
Member
That hasn't stopped them before. They've given away Limbo on two separate occasions and given out "definitive editions" of games they've given out previously (Dead Nation and Trine 2 off the top of my head).
Absoludacrous
Member
Nothing about your post disagreed with anything you quoted.
Yea, you circumvented their microtransaction-led difficulty level by putting in 100 hours and grinding excessively. I mean, awesome if you enjoyed it, but that doesn't refute anything...
I played Rainbow Moon on the hardest difficulty level and while it was definitely a grind, I never thought it was impossible. That said, it was never able to pull me in for one reason or another. I put in around 30 hours of gameplay though, and got my money's worth. It doesn't quite get a recommendation from me, but I wouldn't say it's something to stay away from either.
The point of his post was you dont need to spend money on microtransactions to get past the challenge. Now, if you dont like grinding sometimes, then thats another factor.
But then this is only a problem for people if they try the hardest difficulty. If you go to a lower difficulty, the need to grind becomes much less, if at all.
toythatkills
Member
Yeah, it's cool if you enjoyed that but I didn't, the game wasn't even close to good enough to warrant a 100-hour grind through it.
Some of the difficulty spikes were insane. Like, 20 or 30 or something hours in I was basically cruising and then reached a boss that was so powerful I literally thought it was one of those story battles you were supposed to lose, then I hit the game over screen. That's where I gave up.
I guess for me there's a difference between a grind which is for enjoyment, and a grind which is for necessity, and Rainbow Moon is the latter. You literally can't beat the game without a lot of painful grinding (or paying money) and as I say, it's not good enough to demand that much of my time.
Just curious, but what difficulty level did you play?
Many have complained it is too difficult and challenging, but there are actually two difficulty levels. I would be curious to hear those that complain about the challenge and grinding in what difficulty level they played. SideQuest does a good job explaining what each one entails:
Normal This is the default difficulty setting recommended for beginners. You can play through the main story without extensive extra leveling. The difficulty will be decent, but you shouldnt have too hard a time when fighting normal monsters.
Hard This is designed for players who love grinding and using all the levels to their limits. Monsters are stronger, with enhanced power and boosted attributes. You can keep up by using all your skills, weapons, and items efficiently.
I know some may give opposition in that they are not beginners, but if grinding is not for you, then maybe Normal is the best option.
toythatkills
Member
I can't remember, but it was almost definitely normal, I tend not to choose "hard" on a first playthrough.
And to be fair, I didn't have a hard time fighting normal monsters, like it says. I just had a hard time fighting a boss which I couldn't damage, and which could OHKO me with total ease. From absolutely nowhere.
Except it really doesn't take much grinding to beat the game. To Platinum it, absolutely.
I'd say it's on Disgaea's level when it comes to both of those aspects.
Well, sorry to hear it wasnt for you. I know grinding isnt popular with a lot of people now, especially if its a grind you cant enjoy doing.
Myself, Ive always liked the grind of RPGs, if its something I enjoy grinding. With Rainbow Moon, I had a lot of fun doing so.
Hopefully, one of the difficulty levels of the upcoming Rainbow Skies is one more suited to your playing style, if you decide to give the game a try.
Not really one of the trophies is to play for 100 hours so i didnt have a choice....
I'd wrapped up everything by 80. not really much longer then most rpgs. Never felt like i was grinding any more then in any other rpg and the main quest was pretty standard stuff. I was just going through new dungeons then switching to others when i hit a level wall. After you finish the main game you level up ridiculously fast.
Vita sat next to me at work just playing away in the background for about a week.
Bought it for PS3 originally but its much better in short bursts so ended up buying for the Vita when it was on sale and finished it up.
Not good enough to buy it again though. Hoping the Sequel is much improved which i guess is why this version exists to drum up fundage.
ricen-beans
Member
Have there been any updates to Rainbow Skies??
That's what I'm waiting for....
That's what I'm waiting for....
Nothing recently.
I would estimate Rainbow Skies to be released 2nd half of 2016, so I wouldn’t anticipate any solid updates (besides their normal photos) for at least another couple of months.
But maybe (hopefully) I will be wrong. Who knows, maybe they’ll give an update sooner now that they’ve finished with porting Rainbow Moon to the PS4.
FYI, got some more info on the official forums for Rainbow Skies in regards to skills: